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The Conan Saga

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The Conan Saga was an American sword and sorcery comic book title featuring the character Conan the Barbarian, published by Marvel Comics from 1987 to 1995.

Publication history

Conan Saga was published by Marvel Comics from May 1987 until April 1995, for a total of 97 issues. It included all reprints from Savage Sword of Conan and Conan the Barbarian in large, black and white Savage Sword of Conan magazine format.[1] Barry Windsor-Smith provided new painted covers for the first nine issues the title, all of which contained black-and-white reprints of his original 1970s Conan stories.[2]

Solomon Kane appeared in The Conan Saga #50 (May 1991) with a previously unpublished story by Alan Rowlands, with art by Steve Carr and Al Williamson.

The Official Handbook of the Conan Universe in 1993 was reprinted in black and white (with a different cover and a cover-inside-poster) and then released in June in a polybagged issue with Conan Saga #75.

The 2009 Dark Horse Comics collection entitled The Saga of Solomon Kane - Soft Cover[3] collection includes various stories from Conan Saga.

Conan Saga #97 was reprinted in the collection The Savage Sword of Kull Volume 2 in 2011.

The 2021 Marvel Omnibus collection "Kull: Savage Sword – The Original Marvel Years" included material from Conan Saga #13, 25, 47, 57, 97.

References

  1. ^ "Conan Saga (1987) comic books". www.mycomicshop.com. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  2. ^ Barry Smith at the Grand Comics Database and Barry Windsor-Smith at the Grand Comics Database
  3. ^ "Dark Horse - The Saga of Solomon Kane". Retrieved 2009-04-20.